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Firing Femtosecond Laser at Bacteria can Reduce Number of Infectious Viruses

Bacterial viruses can be made inactivate by a low-power visible femtosecond pulse, opening up new strategies for controlling micro-organisms.

4 Oct 2007

Market Growth for Telecom and Datacom Lasers will Reach $2.9 Billion in 2012

Sales of telecom and datacom lasers will grow from around $1.0 billion this year to $2.9 billion in 2012, according to a new report just published by CIR, a market research firm based here.

3 Oct 2007

PLT can Propel Spacecraft to Unprecedented Speeds Greater than 100 km/sec

The aerospace industry has taken notice of a California researcher who, using off-the-shelf components, built and successfully demonstrated the world's first successful amplified photon thruster.

3 Oct 2007

MJ Harden Purchased LiDAR Imaging Unit to Enhance Large-Scale Mapping Projects

GeoEye, Inc. , a leading producer of satellite and aerial imagery and geospatial information, today announced MJ Harden's acceptance of Optech's Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper (ALTM) Gemini 167 LiDAR imaging unit.

3 Oct 2007

Scientists Discovered Ways to Make QDs Brighter

U.S. scientists have developed a method of increasing the fluorescence intensity of quantum dots by a factor of at least 108.

2 Oct 2007

Biolase Entering New Markets

Biolase Technology Inc. took the ouch out of dentistry, and now it hopes to put a smile on the face of its investors.

1 Oct 2007

Solar-Powered Laser Promises Almost-Unlimited Energy

A new kind of efficient, solar-powered laser has been developed by researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, in Japan. They hope to use the laser to help them realize their goal of developing a magnesium combustion engine. The researchers described the new laser in a recent issue of Applied Physics Letters.

1 Oct 2007

Laser Welding Technique Could Offer Surgeons an Alternative for Closing Corneal Wounds

A laser welding technique could offer surgeons an alternative to suturing for closing corneal wounds after phacoemulsification or extracapsular cataract extraction, according to a study by researchers in Italy. However, the laser-assisted technique may affect postoperative astigmatism, the study authors noted.

1 Oct 2007

Antimatter Should Increase Laser Power

An exotic molecule built from electrons and antimatter is being touted as a route to powerful gamma-ray lasers.

1 Oct 2007

U.S. Marine Helicopter Test Fired Two Laser-Guided APKWS Rockets

Fired from a Marine Corps Cobra helicopter, laser-guided 2.75-inch rockets destroyed ground targets from four kilometers away during a Navy test at China Lake, Calif., on Wednesday.

1 Oct 2007